cv - 0rt Historical Society 7" ' UBLISHCt FULL AttOOIATfO PftfM HI POUT OOVtR THE MOPNINQ rilLO ON THI LOWER COLUMBIA ..VOLUME LVIV. NO. 2 1 1 ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS END OF STRIFE Expected In Near Future. Peace Outlook Good. ARMISTICE PROPOSED Japan and Russia Designate Their Plenipotentiary Ambassadors NELIDOFF AND ITO TO ACT If Present Program la Followed Brit f Armistice Will B Declared. Official Announcement of Plenipotentiaries J Will Precede. Japan Anxious for Peace Washington, June 10, Alone on ihe plain of Manchuria and midway be tween the Iwo treat anuie. tlm Uti-iUn 4ind Japanese commander wi if meet t lgo an armistice which will pine the vay fr tlm Washington eoiifcreui'e if the pretcnt tentative program in follow ed. Kxchange on till point are now In progre between Tokio and St. Peters burg, via Washington, but no conclus. ion ha, a yet. been reached. It U believed that the he I liferent will agree that the raBgcment of an arm ,xtk would, b Uet entrusted to fie n rata Lineviih and Ova ma, the respect ve commander In-chief, who, in oin h event, would b deledaUnl ilh ei'ial power to itn. Tlm time limit for tlx ermUtire ban nt Iwn llxed, but it will he comparatively brief, o that the pro firm of tin' eonfereniv may le niit l a murh li Mwilile. Trior to tbf ainiriK of the arinMii-e, however, will come to the nmVial annoiincemeiit of the Ruwiiiin and .Iapanee plenitentariea. lluwia hn indlited that her mixtion Mill be headed by M. Nrlidoff. Uuxxian mbaKador to Paria, and it la understood that the mikado ha reo.ue.ted MnrquU Ito to head the Japan? minion. Japan la Satlafled. Tokio, June 10 - Hurrlii)? ditane and the cmwipK'noe delay, the Japanese are entirely aatlafied with the eeleetlon of "W'aablnKton aa the place to hold the peace conference. It waa hoped that nine point In Northern China, piibly Chefoo would lie choaen In order to jer tnit the apeedy meetinff of the pleni potentiaries and the early determination of the qiieatiun of ienw, or the eontin nnnco of liottilitiea, but the aeecptam of VaHhiuton i both t?eneriil and cor dial. St. ' Petersburg Denial. St. IVlerbui(, June 111. -OltS inl cb nial la made that I.lnevitih nnd other jieneral aent an appeal to the Oar iigalnat eonoluding jieniw negotiation. CUBAN HERO DYING. Cen. Maximo Gomes't Hearing Death as Result of Abcess. Havana, June Ifl, IAS P. M.). Since midnight, the condition of General Max imo domes has steadily grown worse. It la now apparent that the gangrene re sulting from the abeets in hi hand for which he underwent an operation at San tiago early in May, la retarding the ac tion of the heart and the other organ, with the reault that the General' death may be expected at any time. MACKAY COMPANY CHANGES Will Elect Five Trustees at Shareholders Annual Meetings. Boston, June 16. The almieholdcra of the Mackny Company, at a meeting In thi city, provided for the election at annual meeting of not lea thnn five trustee, the elimination of the provis ion which permits the use of "net earn- ing of the trust of any purl thereof Jo acquire at miili price a tint trustee inuy determine, either the preferred 01 common tharc Issued liy the trustee," ntul iliif substitution fur the provision "tli8t any action, vote, or resolution by the trustee h II have the same validity iiml effect if done, pnm(l or approved by all of them." and that " majority of thi trutee shall constitute a quorum ml tint vot of a majority of uch quo runt shall be conclusive." I The tru4. deed wan notified no a to retire annual report to be made by tin truxtce to the shareholder. Plagua Dui to Files, Itonton, June 1(1. The American Itoard of Koreign Miiniix lm received rcwirt from African tnlaaionarir relat iiiK to jM'ciiliur diiwaxe known a "tlecp liiK xiiltiii-xx" which l aeriouxly afTtN t Ing central Africa, particularly the Kiti(dom of t'jfanda, 'ri,e rejMirU xliow that there have been 4!l,0Ml death Mil hill the kingdom from the iliur, t i believed that the malady i eonuected Willi the pretence of the Taetae fly uhlch hitheito ha not been tuppoxed to In- harmful to man though futal to cat tle and hornet. ; Cause of Explosion. fiibraltar, June 19, The explotion of a II inch ahcll on board the llritith bat Ilccliip Maiiinicnt, duriiiK gun practice uir the 'IV titan ixlatidt Mat due lo the cartridge of the ahell mitxing lire. On ojieninR the breech to ascertain the raute, the cartridge exploded and Ig nited two other cartridge lyin In the raxcnmtea. All of the four officer and 14 men injured were burned. One of the ortleer and three men have died. WILL DELVE DEEP Into Study of Economical Bus! ness Methods. PRESIDENT APPOINTS FIVE Prominent Men Will Constitute Com mittee for Purpose of Investigating Modern Business Operations Roose velt Interested in Economy Not to Searcb For Irregularities. Washington, June Id, President Rotmevelt ha appointed a committee of five to report tS him on method of do ing public butinea through various bu reau, and departments. Charles K. Keep, aatittant secretary of the treaa ury, it designated a chairman of the committee, which will contitt, in addi tion of the following four gentlemen; Frank II. Hitchcock, Hint aitnut pot- pntter general; Ijiwrenee 0 Murray, a- aintant secretary of the department if commerce and labor; JumcH It. (iailleld, commiioucr of corpora lions, and liif ford 1'ini'hot, of the foivxtry division of the department of agriculture. The committee it to ascertain "what change are needed to place the conduc ting of the executive business of the gov eminent in all its branches, on the economical and effective basis in the light of the let modern business prac tice" It i officially pointed out that the committee ia ot to work to discover irregularties of business on the part of any officer, but merely to examine bus! nea methods. Geological Survey "Begins. San Francisco, June 19. In response to the memorial presented to President Roosevelt by the California Miners' As socintion the United States Geological Survey has begun an investigation into the conditdons affecting the hydraulic mining Industry of the state. The mo tive that inspired the roomorial was hope that gold now buried in the ancient river channels of California may be rescued by the hydraulic mining pro cess, it being held by miners, that such deposit can not bo profitably worked by dredging, drifting or by any proces except hydrauliclng now restrained by anti-debris legislation. GRAVE FEARS ARISE Strained Relations Between Ger many and France. MOROCCO QUESTION SERIOUS Officials Admit Difficulties lavolrad But Protest Atainst Exaggerated Stories. Preaa Takea Active Part Germany May Have Submitted Ultimatum. Paris, J une lo Htralned relations be tween France and (iermany over Morocco continue to give rite to serious appre hensions, but while openly admitting there are real difficulties involved, offi cial prote-t against this being made the bai of exaggerated reports. Huch re port haie been circulated for several days past by a smalt and uninflueiitiat section of the pre, One report which aid Cvrmany had eubmitted an ulti matum brought out a formal denial from the foreign office. Another report in the Patrie is to the effect that (iermany ha demanded that France ami (ireat Hi it a in complete a guarantee that the Angelo-French en tente i not in the nature of an armed alliance againt (iermany. The Presse asserts that M. IV-leasae, when Foreign minitter signed a secret offensive and de fensive alliance with (ireat Hritain. These report were dismissed in auth orative quarter aa fanciful enlargements of the situation. All parties are making an appeal to the friendly co-operation of other na tions so that indirectly all Europe will particite in the controversy and thi concerning the rearrangement of political predict a wide range of speculation alliances, However, official maintain that the issue doe not involve such far reaching questions, but i merely a renewal of a long-pending struggle over Morocco in an aggrevated form. Due of the chief cause of the pres ent apprehension is the possibility of some pre verse incident along the Franco efirman borders which for yesrs have been garrisoned by formidable forces. Negotiation! Progressing. St. Petersburg, Saturday, June 17 Although in the absence of official ad vices the Russian government is not able to announce any definite conclusions rel ative to the arrangement for the meet In gof the Russian-Japanese plenipoten taries. The foreign office last night said negotiations to that end were progress ing rapidly and issued a statement for publication in this morning's newspapers acquainting the public with the speedy progress being made toward opening the conference. Count Cassini's reMrt of the selection of Washington from the cities favored by Russia has not yet arrived but it is thought the ambassador is waiting for the fixing of a date meeting, which again will depend on the traveling arrange mens of Marquis Ito, president of the Japanese privy council, and M. Xelidoff, Russian ambassador at Paris. After the final arrangements have been made, the foreign office will announce Russia's representative or representatives. PARIS PAPERS SKEPTICAL. Ambiguoua Comment By First Journals French Metropolis. Paris, June 16. Owing to the fact that the attention of Parisians is turn ed toward the Moroccan difficulty the selection of Washington aa the seat of the preliminary Russo-Japanese peace conference is not commented on by the press to any large extent. Most of the papers, however, agree in considering the United States as best suited for a meeting of the plenipotentiaries, though an undercurrent of skepticism regarding the results is noticable. The Petit Journal sayst "The movement for peace inaugurated by President Roosevelt, has made an im portant step forward." The Petit Parisienne says: "The movement for peace inaugurated of the United States causes no surprise. Kverything seems to indicate that ISaror fto-n will be one of the plenipotenti aries," The Figaro say; "A new and most important atep has been taken in a pacific sense." The Kcho de Paris says: "The choice of Washington seems to indicate that Russia and Japan intend to deal quickly with the affair." The fiiecle says: "It was our duty during the hostili ties to observe neutrality. Similarly it ia our duty pending negotiations, to re frain from interference.'' PARISANS ARE UNEASY. Franco-German Estrangement Over the Moroccan Question the Cause. Paris, June 10. Much uneasinea pre vail ia official quarters here concern ing the Franco-German situation grow ing out of the Moroccan question and the continued uneasiness resulting from M. Ileae' retirement from the for eign office. Although the conference between Minister Rouvier and M.radolin. the German ambassador, continues, they have not yet brought the satisfactory res oil that the officials anticipated. Private advices from Pekin say Germany does not object to a direct understand ing with France, but dia-s not abandon the project of an internation conference ence on Morocco, insisting that the Paris Berlin agreement be a simple formality and that the conference be left free to decide important issues. The general feeling here is decidedly peimitic con cerning the negotiations. ISSUE TO BE SAFE Meeting to Ratify Venezuelan Bond Issue. WILL BE CALLED JUNE 21 Provide for Guarantee That Will Loan Garb of Solidity to Castro'i Financial Transactions British and German In terested. London, June 16. A general meeting of the holder of the Venezuelan bonds has been called for June 21 to ratify the contract for the settlement of the outstanding obligations of Venezuela, signed June 7 by the representatives of Venezuela and the Disconto Gessells craft, representing the German bond holders and the council of foreign bond holders, representing the British bond holders. The contract provides for the issue of 3 per cent bonds to the amount of 132,(M!l,2l0 bolivers. gold, redeemable within 47 years. The issue will lie guar an teed by the irrevocable preferental as signment of 25 per cent of the ordinary customs duties, but pending the pay ment of the liabilities to pay which 30 per cent of the customs receipts of I-ag- uayra and Puerto Cubello are assigned under the protocols signed at Washing ton February 12, 1003, there will lie as signed to the new issue, in temporary substitution of this guarantee of 23 per cent of the ordinary customs, 60 per cent of the customs of all other ports of Venezuela. This issue will ever be exempt from all Venezuelan imports, etc., and the government of Veneluela ia precluded from contracting any loan abroad unless it applies the product thereof to the repayment of the pres ent issue. The contract provides that payments for the service of the debt shall be made to the German and Brit ish ministers to Venezuela for transmis sion to the Disconto Gesseltchaft and the council of foreign bondholders re spectively. So apparently the British objections to this clause have been over come. Captaia Freese Dead. San Francisco, June 16. Captain C. Freese, a well known shin master and ship owner of this city, who has been connected with the coast trade since 1802. i dead. He was a native of Denmark." GREAT PRAISE Accorded Roosevelt by London Press. LAUDATORY COMMENT Daily Mail Approves Selection of Diplomats By Presi dent PEACE PRACTICALLY ASSURED Believed Moderate Demand of Japan Will Astonish World. No Fear of Other Powers Becoming Involved Question of an Armistice Arouses Keen Inteiest. London, June 10. The acceptance of Washington as the place for conducting the peace negotiations is regarded by the London morning newspapers as a great compliment to President Roose velt's diplomacy and as a further proof of the growing influence of the United States in international politic. More over, it is felt that Japan would have not proceeded thus far unless convinced there was a reasonable ( prospect of -the negotiations bearing friit. It is there fore concluded that Japan has resolved to propose moderate ami reasonable terms. Altogether, the situation is re garded as much more hopeful than it was twenty-four hour ago, and as the Daily News remarked in commenting on "one of the most momentous diplo matic actions of modern history." hu manity "waits for the treaty of Wash ington." The Daily Telegraph similarly refers to the 'novel part played by the presi dent," and expressed satisfaction at the selection of diplomatists instead of sol diers to conduct the negotiations be cause there w ill be less chance of wrang iltlg over military positions. The Daily Telegraph further says there i reason to belle that the Japanese demanrs will astonish the world by their moder ation. In view of the Daily Telegrahp'a po sition, a mouthpiece of the government, this latter statement is significant Lit tle attention, however, is paid here to the sensational stories of European complications, especially concerning France and Germany. The Daily Tele graph says that if peace can be estab lished firmly in the Far-east there "is nothing in the relations of the Euro pean powers which ought to alarm us." Other paper express similar expres sion of regarding these rumors. The question of an armistice excites keen interest and the practical cessa tion of all countries from the Manchur ian battle field is being considered the harbinger of another tremendous strug gle. MUST PAY INDIANS. Secretary of Interior Decides Against State of Utah. Washington, June 16. The Secretary of the Interior has decided that the State of Utah ia not entitled to select school lands in the Uintah Indian res ervation, which is soon to be opened to settlement. The decision is based on the ground that the law requires that the Indians shall be paid for all the land. The decision also holds that persons taking up land under the homestead law are required to pay $155 an acre. The state will be permitted to select indem nity land outside the reservation amounting to about 200,000 acres. DELYANNIS DIED POOR. Immediate Members of the Family Are Given Pensions. Athens, Greece, June 10. The late Premier Delyannls, who was assassinat d June 13 by a gambler named Gherak aria, died in absolute poverty. The namber will rote a pension to the immediate members of titer family. One of the proprietors of the gambling house with which the murderer was connect ed, has been arretted. He gave the po lice the name of the instigator of the Premier's assassination. The remains of M. Delyannia were removed from his residence to the Cham ber of Deputies in the simplest manner-, followed" by all the deputies and an im mense crowd. The open coffin was plac ed on a splendid catafalque in the mid dle of the chamber. The public will be admitted to view the remains today CONTRACT FOR MILLIONS. Railway Completes Negotiations for Construction of Tunnels. Reno, Nev., June 16. The announce ment is made that a contract for the construction of the tunnels through the Sierra Nevada mountains lias been let by the Southern Pacific Company and that work on them would begin within a month. There are to be five tunnel in all and the main one will be five miles long. The first tunnel will start a short distance north of Donner lake and the series will end at the foot of blue canyon on the American river. The contract calls for an expenditure of over $25 000,000. Pope's Title Valid. . Rome, June 16. The Italian Heraldic court has decided, in accordance with the privilege guaranteed, to the Pope by the law of guarantees, to corutiuVr as valid, the title of nobility conferred by His Holiness. This decision is con sidered of great importance and is look ed upon as a new step toward under standing between church and state. . Improves Pension Routine. Washington, June 16. Commissioner of Pension Warner has" decided that after July 1 all orders for the medical examination of pension claims shall era inate from the medical branch of the bureau, under direction of the medical referee. The proposed change will dis pense with the use of more than 200 examining surgeons. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Army Stores Burned. Moscow, June 18. FoOr supply depots belonging to the Army Commissariat and a mineral water factory were de stroyed by fire today. Three explosions preceded the conflagration. Great quan tities of stores intended for the armies in the Far East were destroyed. The cause was not ascertained. Played Eleven Innings. San Francisco, June 16 Portland waa today defeated in an eleven-inning game y the local team; score, 1 to 0. Jos Angeles, June 16. Today's game resulted as follows: Los Angeles, 6; Oakland, 0. Seattle, June 16. Tacoma defeated the home team today in a lively gatuei Score; Tacoma, 10; Seattle, 4. Governments Accept Invitation. Washington, June 16. The depart ment of State has been officially advised of the acceptance, by Italy and Austria, of the invitation to participate in a con ference for settlement of affairs in Mo rocco. Miller has Resigned. Washington, June 16. Assistant Sec retary Melville W. Miller, of the de partment of the interior, presented hia resignation to President Roosevelt, ant! was later advised of its acceptance. In succession to Mr. Miller, President Roosevelt has appointed Jeese Wilson, of Indianapolis. Denver After Ambassadors. Denver. June 16. Mayor Speer today telegraphed, through President Roose velt, a formal invitation to the Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries to hold their sittings in Denver. The mayor invitation will be followed by others from the Chamber of Commerce ami other oragnizations. f